{"product_id":"the-bagnios-of-algiers-and-the-great-sultana-two-plays-of-captivity-paperback","title":"The Bagnios of Algiers and the Great Sultana: Two Plays of Captivity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiguel de Cervantes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Fuchs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Fuchs\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known today as the author of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e--one of the most beloved and widely read novels in the Western tradition--Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a poet and a playwright as well. After some early successes on the Madrid stage in the 1580s, his theatrical career was interrupted by other literary efforts. Yet, eager to prove himself as a playwright, shortly before his death he published a collection of his later plays before they were ever performed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their depiction of captives in North Africa and at the Ottoman court, two of these, \"The Bagnios of Algiers\" and \"The Great Sultana,\" draw heavily on Cervantes's own experiences as a captive, and echo important episodes in \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e. They are set in a Mediterranean world where Spain and its Muslim neighbors clashed repeatedly while still remaining in close contact, with merchants, exiles, captives, soldiers, and renegades frequently crossing between the two sides. The plays provide revealing insights into Spain's complex perception of the world of Mediterranean Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite their considerable literary and historical interest, these two plays have never before been translated into English. This edition presents them along with an introductory essay that places them in the context of Cervantes's drama, the early modern stage, and the political and cultural relations between Christianity and Islam in the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Fuchs is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her Exotic Nation: Maurophilia and the Construction of Early Modern Spain is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Aaron J. Ilika is a Portland-based independent scholar and translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130663964807,"sku":"9780812222159","price":33.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ecd6b5f246f82cb0958c136768cc8d91.webp?v=1732612775","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-bagnios-of-algiers-and-the-great-sultana-two-plays-of-captivity-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}